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Subject: Re: Question about pc voltage, cycles, phase, outside of USA

Author: Thorsten Greiner

Date: 14:37:02 06/04/04

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>I am wanting to ship a PC to a foreign country and now I am curious.
>For those outside US--what is your standard household voltage for homepc?

In Germany its 220 to 240 V.

>Is the plug three prong as in US?

No. A socket ("Steckdose") is pictured here:
http://www.stadtwerke-hildesheim.de/images/steckdose_243.jpg

And a cable looks like this:
http://www.kw-e.de/media/KW_1950.jpg

>Is your voltage single phase?

Yup.

>Is this also 60 cycle?

No, 50 Hz.

>I am curious about all countries.



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